Chapter 147: The True Treasure, Bloodbath on the Tower Ship!

Chapter 147: The True Treasure, Bloodbath on the Tower Ship!

Within the underwater cavern.

"Yes."

Jiang Ning stood up, ready to leave, when his gaze suddenly froze.

He had spotted a faint sparkle of silver in a small puddle ahead.

He then raised his hand and beckoned.

Plop, plop, plop—

The fragments in the puddle instantly reacted to an invisible force, rushing out of the water.

In an instant.

A dark, goose egg-sized stone flew from the bottom of the puddle into his hand.

The moment the stone touched his hand, a bone-chilling coldness penetrated his skin, seeping into his marrow.

This sensation instantly gave Jiang Ning a sense of familiarity.

It was the water in that puddle.

Realizing this, Jiang Ning turned over the dark stone in his hand.

Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the stone's interior occasionally flashed with a silver sparkle.

This was the reason he had found this dark stone beneath the puddle.

As he observed the silver sparkle within the stone, Jiang Ning couldn't help but think of the special water he had just refined.

The water within that water was innately silver and remained solid even underwater, intensely cold.

"Could it be..." Jiang Ning's eyes widened slightly.

He considered a possibility—the source of the water he had just absorbed and refined might be related to this dark stone in his hand.

Such heavenly materials and treasures must have an origin and a reason for their existence.

It couldn't have formed out of thin air in this place.

His gaze sharpened like a beam of light as he stared at the dark stone in his hand.

"Is it because of this?" Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

The similarities between the water he had absorbed and refined and this small, bone-chilling dark stone were striking.

Both the special water and the dark stone occasionally flashed with silver light.

Moreover, the chill from both was remarkably similar.

Compared to the special water, the coldness he felt from the stone was even more intense.

The stone's temperature was so low that even the coldest ice couldn't compare.

Normally, this temperature would gradually cause the surrounding lake water to freeze and crystalize.

However, Jiang Ning discovered that only when his body touched the black stone could he sense the chill emanating from it.

As soon as his palm moved away, he couldn't feel the coldness radiating from the black stone at all.

After investigating repeatedly, Jiang Ning became more convinced that this was the truth.

The real treasure here might be this seemingly ordinary black stone in his hand, not the special water he had encountered earlier.

With this realization, he carefully put away the black stone.

Then, he thoroughly searched the surroundings again. After finding nothing more, he finally headed towards the direction of the sunken ship.

On the ship, besides the iron ore in the warehouse, there were the two halves of the White Dragon Fish and Shi Xiaoyuan's blade.

The blade had a crack in it, but its value was still extremely high due to the quality of its materials and the craftsmanship used in its forging.

Jiang Ning wouldn't waste such a fine blade.

On the lake surface.

Plop—

Plop—

Plop—

Three splashes sounded simultaneously.

At the same time.

Several voices conversed on the deck.

"What's the situation? Have you found any trace of the gang leader and the others?"

"Reporting to the Law Protector, there's no sign of them!"

". . ."

On the other side.

In a corner at the bottom of the tower ship.

Huang San'er's face had turned deathly pale, his lips a dark purple.

His arm had a broken wound, and after soaking in the water for over an hour, his condition had deteriorated significantly.

He felt that he couldn't hold on much longer and might pass out at any moment.

But even so, he dared not make a sound.

Over an hour had passed, and none of Shi Xiaoyuan's group had returned.

In this situation, how could he dare to show himself?

If he did, and the Green Serpent Gang above found out, what explanation could he give for returning alone while Shi Xiaoyuan and the others hadn't?

Under the Green Serpent Gang's harm, he would face an even more agonizing death and his family would be implicated.

With this thought, Huang San'er's resolve strengthened.

Just then.

"Who's there?"

"Who are you?"

". . ."

Beneath the tower ship, he suddenly heard several loud shouts from above.

The next moment.

Ah—

On the tower ship above, agonizing screams erupted.

Instantly, the area above became chaotic, and various sounds flooded his ears.

"Demonic beings! It's a demonic being!" someone cried in terror.

"Mercy! I have elderly parents and young children!" another voice pleaded in panic.

"Kill! Come and die, you old man!" someone shouted, their voice brash but their demeanor timid.

Amidst the voices of these people, Huang San'er heard mostly the agonizing screams of those dying.

Suddenly—

Plop—

The sound of someone falling into the water echoed, and a figure plunged into the water a zhang in front of him. The splashing water hit his face, startling him.

The next moment—

The figure that had fallen into the water floated back up due to the buoyancy of the liquid.

"Is he dead?" Huang San'er watched the motionless figure a zhang in front of him, his heart still unsettled.

After a few breaths, his anxious mind calmed down again.

He hesitated for a moment, then stepped into the water and swam towards the motionless figure.

As he reached the figure's side, he already knew that this person was undoubtedly a corpse.

Because at this moment, the figure was face down, and as the body rose and fell, crimson blood had stained the surrounding lake water.

When Huang San'er turned over the corpse, what he saw further confirmed his previous judgment.

This person was dead beyond a shadow of a doubt, with an unending stream of blood flowing from the seven orifices, and his eyes were extremely protruding, like those of a bull.

As Huang San'er observed the corpse in front of him, the agonizing screams above continued incessantly.

From time to time, the sound of bodies falling into the lake echoed.

"Who is this ruthless person slaughtering the Green Serpent Gang members above?" Huang San'er muttered to himself.

Then, he suddenly recalled the conversation he had overheard outside the sunken ship at the bottom of the lake.

"Could it be that person?"

Thinking of this, Huang San'er couldn't help but look up towards the top.

He now understood that Shi Xiaoyuan had not returned, and their group must have perished at the bottom of the lake.

If not for their collective demise at the lake's depths, how could they not have returned by now? The commotion from that time was still vivid in his mind.

"Who could that person be?"

"So formidable!"

"Not only did he kill Shi Xiaoyuan, but now he's single-handedly attacking the Green Serpent Gang's tower ship."

"After today, the Green Serpent Gang will only exist in name, and the county is likely to undergo a change of power!"

Thinking of this, a hint of joy appeared on Huang San'er's face.

If the Green Serpent Gang encounters trouble, he will be able to regain his freedom and escape their grasp.

"Who exactly is the person above?" Huang San'er's mind was filled with curiosity.

Shi Xiaoyuan, the leader of the Green Serpent Gang, was a prominent figure in Lo Shui County.

For over a decade, he had roamed Lo Shui County, and there were few who dared to defy him.

He had weathered many storms and challenges.

Now, he had met his end in the waters of Lo Shui, and even the massive tower ship that accompanied him was engulfed in slaughter.

Under these circumstances, Huang San'er's curiosity was naturally piqued.

He was very eager to know who could pull off such a shocking and earth-shattering feat.

At this moment, the last rays of the setting sun gradually faded, and the lake surface was covered in shimmering golden light.

Huang San'er looked up, directly facing the sun, and he couldn't help but squint.

From his angle, he could only see the setting sun's afterglow in the sky.

Besides this, he could only catch a glimpse of a corner of the tower ship.

As for the slaughter on the tower ship, he could only hear it but not see it.

A moment later—

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The commotion on the tower ship gradually subsided.

"Is it over already?" Huang San'er was filled with astonishment.

He had previously been detained by the Green Serpent Gang and brought to this location on their tower ship.

Therefore, he was well aware that there were nearly a hundred people on this ship.

From the initial commotion to the now diminishing sounds, only half a quarter of an hour had passed.

"Even if they were a hundred pigs, they wouldn't be killed this quickly, would they?" Huang San'er was even more astonished.

Having lived in Lo Shui County for many years, he naturally understood why the Green Serpent Gang was one of the county's three major gangs.

It wasn't just because of the influence of their leader Shi Xiaoyuan's martial prowess, but also because most members of the Green Serpent Gang possessed martial skills, and among them were numerous martial artists of the Ninth Stage.

On the tower ship above, there were several Ninth Stage martial artists who had followed Shi Xiaoyuan.

With such a group on the tower ship, the commotion had subsided in just half a quarter of an hour.

Just then—

Huang San'er couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Because in his line of sight, two people appeared on the tower ship.

The pointy-faced man looked at Jiang Ning with terrified eyes.

At this moment, in his eyes, Jiang Ning seemed like a ghostly deity.

The methods he employed were incredibly strange.

"Spare me!" He pleaded, his face ashen, as he struggled to speak to Jiang Ning.

As he spoke, his face gradually turned from ashen to purple, and his expression was filled with agony.

"Spare me!" He begged for mercy again, his voice filled with difficulty.

The water stream coiled around his neck, constricting tighter and tighter, like a python gripping its prey. The man's neck was not the only part suffocating; the water stream also tightly bound his chest, relentlessly compressing it. In this state, the oxygen in his lungs was completely expelled, and his five viscera and six bowels began to shift.

Creak—

Creak—

As Jiang Ning exerted more force, the water stream, akin to a spirit snake, tightened its grip, causing the man with the pointy mouth and sunken cheeks, who was suspended in front of Jiang Ning, to contort and deform under the immense pressure. His eyes, too, bulged out from the strain.

Crack—

A deafening sound of collapse echoed as the man's vital energy abruptly vanished.

Jiang Ning waved his hand again, and the water streams beneath his feet rose, moving like spirit snakes, swiftly clearing the battlefield and eliminating every last member of the Green Serpent Gang on the houseboat.

Jiang Ning felt no psychological burden for his actions. Firstly, this method of killing did not create a significant visual impact, unlike the use of weapons, which often resulted in gutted bodies, severed limbs, and rivers of blood. Secondly, in Jiang Ning's opinion, even if the Green Serpent Gang members had killed a hundred people, at least ninety of them deserved to die, and at most, one or two might have been wrongfully killed. In his view, that was enough! He was not a judge, and he didn't need to be fair and just; he only needed to act with a clear conscience.

Soon after, two or three more hidden escapees met their end under Jiang Ning's water control technique. Once the water streams entered their nasal cavities and ears, they would perish within a breath or two. As soon as the water entered their bodies, their five viscera and six bowels would be shattered in an instant. With all their vital organs destroyed, there was no way they could survive.

"This method is indeed effective!" Jiang Ning nodded slightly. Compared to this technique, the efficiency of killing the Ninth Rank martial artist with the pointy mouth and sunken cheeks was extremely low. Turning the water into a giant python to coil around and kill was time-consuming, laborious, and inefficient. But now, with water entering the body, death would occur within two or three breaths.

On the other side of the houseboat, Huang San'er watched Jiang Ning with a look of horror. He had witnessed the death of the pointy-mouthed man at Jiang Ning's hands, and it was clear as day to him. "Is this demon magic or divine art?" Huang San'er wondered in his heart. He had only heard of such abilities in certain storybooks. In ancient times, there were demon birds that could shake their wings and scorch a hundred miles of land, and divine beings who, in their anger, could cause mountains to collapse and rivers to change course. But in reality, he had never seen such abilities. "Is he the legendary divine being?" Huang San'er looked up at Jiang Ning from the lake water, muttering to himself.

At that moment, on the houseboat, everything had settled. Nearly a hundred lives had perished under Jiang Ning's water control technique.

"It's indeed a formidable divine power, truly impressive!" After this experiment, Jiang Ning couldn't help but praise the technique repeatedly. Without this divine power, killing nearly a hundred people with his own strength would not have been so simple. It would have required a great deal of effort. But now, with a mere wave of his hand, everything was resolved.

After checking again to ensure there were no more survivors on the houseboat, Jiang Ning confirmed that within a hundred meters, the only living person was the one in the lake water. Jiang Ning knew with a glance that this person was the one coerced by the Green Serpent Gang to guide them to the sunken ship. He had no intention of killing such an innocent victim.

After a while, Jiang Ning thoroughly searched the houseboat, uncovering a significant amount of silver coins, ingots, and bills, which he placed in a cloth bag without bothering to count. There were too many items and too much loot for his hands to carry. So, he detached a small boat from the side of the houseboat and placed all his loot on the light boat.

Once everything was securely stowed, Jiang Ning sat in the light boat. With a thought, his water control technique activated, and the water beneath the light boat began to move, carrying him swiftly back to his residence.

(End of Chapter)

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